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“The past is the luxury of proprietors.”

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, writer, and playwright, born on June 21, 1905, and died on April 15, 1980. He is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, renowned for his existentialist philosophy. Sartre's works spanned across philosophy, literature, and drama, and had a profound impact on later generations. more

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“I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.”

Desire Night Sleep Behinds Nonsense Good Night Swept Away

Book:Nausea

Source: Nausea

“Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.”

Faces Judging Quiet Criminals Call Me Remorse Spit

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“What's done at night belongs to the night. In the daytime you don't talk about it.”

Done Night Daytime

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

“What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?”

Thinking Eye Father Black Mouths Praise Raised Our Father Adoration Gags Unbound

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Some men are born committed to action: they do not have a choice, they have been thrown on a path, at the end of that path, an act awaits them, their act.”

Men Has Beens Ends Action Choices Born Path Committed Thrown Existential

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“You know how much I admire Che Guevara. In fact, I believe that the man was not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age: as a fighter and as a man, as a theoretician who was able to further the cause of revolution by drawing his theories from his personal experience in battle.”

Knows Men Believe Humans Facts Age Able I Believe Causes Human Beings Know How He Man Theory Revolution Battle Intellectual Drawing Admire Fighter Existential Personal Experiences

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being.”

Heart Facts Pure Holes

Book:Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings

Source: Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings

“A further point is that, little by little, in the current universe, everything is slowly being named; nor does this have anything to do with the older Aristotelian universals in which the idea of a chair subsumes all its individual manifestations.”

Littles Doe Ideas Universe Individual Currents Manifestation Chairs

Author:Fredric Jameson

“Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?”

Fate Complaining

Book:The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales

Source: The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales

“Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?”

Should Littles Moments Evil Half Mankind Creatures Surface Miserable Thrown Mud Flocks One Half

Author:Marquis de Sade